Android Versions
Remarks#
Name | Android version | Release date | API-level | Build.VERSION_CODES |
---|---|---|---|---|
Angel Cake (Alpha) | 1.0 | 23 September 2008 | 1 | BASE |
Battenberg (Beta) | 1.1 | 9 February 2009 | 2 | BASE_1_1 |
Cupcake | 1.5 | 30 April 2009 | 3 | CUPCAKE |
Donut | 1.6 | 15 September 2009 | 4 | DONUT |
Eclair | 2.0 | 26 October 2009 | 5 | ECLAIR |
2.0.1 | 3 December 2009 | 6 | ECLAIR_0_1 | |
2.1 | 12 January 2010 | 7 | ECLAIR_MR1 | |
Froyo | 2.2 | 20 May 2010 | 8 | FROYO |
Gingerbread | 2.3 | 6 December 2010 | 9 | GINGERBREAD |
2.3.3 | 9 February 2011 | 10 | GINGERBREAD_MR1 | |
Honeycomb | 3.0 | 22 February 2011 | 11 | HONEYCOMB |
3.1 | 10 May 2011 | 12 | HONEYCOMB_MR2 | |
3.2 | 15 July 2011 | 13 | HONEYCOMB_MR1 | |
Ice Cream Sandwich | 4.0 | 19 October 2011 | 14 | ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH |
4.0.3 | 16 December 2011 | 15 | ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH_MR1 | |
Jelly Bean | 4.1 | 9 July 2012 | 16 | JELLY_BEAN |
4.2 | 13 November 2012 | 17 | JELLY_BEAN_MR1 | |
4.3 | 24 July 2013 | 18 | JELLY_BEAN_MR2 | |
KitKat | 4.4 | 31 October 2013 | 19 | KITKAT |
25 July 2014 | 20 | KITKAT_WATCH | ||
Lollipop | 5.0 | 17 October 2014 | 21 | LOLLIPOP |
5.1 | 9 March 2015 | 22 | LOLLIPOP_MR1 | |
Marshmallow | 6.0 | 5 October 2015 | 23 | M |
Nougat | 7.0 | 22 August 2016 | 24 | N |
7.1.1 | 5 December 2016 | 25 | N_MR1 | |
## Checking the Android Version on device at runtime | ||||
Build.VERSION_CODES is an enumeration of the currently known SDK version codes. |
In order to conditionally run code based on the device’s Android version, use the TargetApi
annotation to avoid Lint errors, and check the build version before running the code specific to the API level.
Here is an example of how to use a class that was introduced in API-23, in a project that supports API levels lower than 23:
@Override
@TargetApi(23)
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
//run Marshmallow code
FingerprintManager fingerprintManager = this.getSystemService(FingerprintManager.class);
//......................
}
}